Monthly Archive for June, 2012

: June, 2012

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to help Rep. Bob Turner’s campaign for US Senate – cutting a robocall for him. Giuliani’s help is playing into Turner’s strategy of convincing more moderate Republicans in the New York City area to come out and support him on June 26th. His two rivals, Wendy Long and Nassau… …

The state Assembly is expected to approve Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bill to allow for limited disclosure of teacher evaluations to parents and the public. “I think it strikes a reasonable balance and pushing for accountability and transparency, and I think we’re not going overboard with the disclosure,” said Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari, D-Cohoes, Albany […] …

Adhering to the self-imposed Monday deadline to introduce bills, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a proposal late last night that would expand an employee’s ability to elect for a deduction from their paycheck to pay for things such as day care and gym memberships. Cuomo’s bill would allow employees to consent to wage deduction to pay […] …

An episode of WMHT’s “New York Now” devoted to Matt Ryan’s report on Rochester’s economic travails and successes won as the “Outstanding Locally Produced TV Show” at Monday night’s 46th Annual Awards …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo apparently narrowly beat the midnight deadline yesterday to introduce legislation before Thursday’s last day of session, submitting a a bill that would provide limited public release of teacher evaluations. Cuomo introduced a program bill slightly before midnight that would provide limited access to parents their children’s teacher evaluations. The ratings of school […] …

Catskill OTB is still actively pursuing a deal with the state Legislature to re-open the shuttered OTBs in New York City, said Donald Groth, Catskill OTB’s president. Groth has been hanging around the Capitol this week as he seeks to build support for legislation that would allow Catskill OTB to start to reopen some of […] …

Included in my story this morning about Monday’s legislative developments was a visit to the Capitol by Albany County Executive Dan McCoy and Sheriff Craig Apple, who are pushing for a bill that would …

We here at CapTon are doing double-duty this week, trying to cover the end of the 2012 legislative session AND also the lead up to the June 26 US Senate and congressional primaries. To that end, we’ve been interviewing a number of House hopefuls. Last night, I was joined by Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin,… …